Economic implications for management of structural retention on harvest units at the Blue River Ranger District, Willamette National Forest, Oregon. Forest Service research note

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:6729142

Weigand, J F; Burditt, A L

The paper examines existing knowledge of economic impacts and considers future economic implications and questions about management for stand structural retention in the Blue River Ranger District. It also characterizes the economic outcomes for district-wide timber supply and revenues through calendar year 1990 as a function of management for structural retention, other concurrent policy decisions, and market behavior. The scope of the review is limited in that it draws on only the brief window of time when stand management has incorporated legacies of green trees, snags, and down wood in prescriptions for harvest sales. Anecdotal information is used extensively because much needed information, particularly details on changes in harvesting costs under conditions of structural retention, does not exist in the initial period of transition.

• Research Organization: Forest Service, Portland, OR (United States). Pacific Northwest Research Station
• OSTI ID: 6729142
• Report Number(s): PB-93-142008/XAB; FSRN-PNW-510
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Also available from Supt. of Docs
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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